Reptile
CautionBy: Zach Spencer
Lizards
Biggest: Komodo DragonSmallest: Tokay GeckoPoisonous: Gila MonsterSafest: Leopard GeckoFun Facts: Lizards can lose there tail to make a
escape or to distract there predator, but the cool thing is they can grow there tail back! Some Skinks and Geckos have eyelids that shed and are invisible!
Snakes
Longest: AnacondaShortest: Leptotyphlops CarlaePoisonous: Black MambaSafest: Grass SnakeFun Facts: Snakes eggs come out of there
mouths! Snakes can survive without eating for about seven days! Snake’s tongue is used to sense its surroundings!
Turtles
Biggest: Leatherback Sea TurtleSmallest: Speckled Cape Padloper
TortoiseDangerous: Snapping TurtleSafest: Painted TurtleFun Facts: If someone would eat a Box Turtle
they would get very ill from the poison inside of them! Turtles have been on earth for more than two million years!
Alligators and Crocodiles
Biggest: Nile CrocodileSmallest: Dwarf CaimanDangerous: Nile CrocodileSafest: Saltwater CrocodileFun Facts: In some places in the world people
have Alligator and Crocodile wrestling!
Tuatara
First Specie: Sphenodon PunctatusSecond Specie: Spenodon GuntheriFun Facts: There is only two species! Each
Tuatara have an eye on there head, but the cool things is that it is not effected to light! They all have two rows of teeth!
Deformed Reptiles
Reptile Egg
Reptile Quiz
1. Reptiles breathe through __________. skin gills lungs
2. Reptiles skin has __________. feathers scales smooth layers
3. Reptiles eggs are leathery __________. True False
4. Which of these is not a reptiles __________. Snake Lizard Frog
5. A reptile has an inner skeleton __________. True False
6. Reptiles are warm blooded __________. True False
7. Reptiles shed their skins __________. True False
8. Reptiles change in their size and colors __________. True False
Answer Key
1. Lungs2. Scales3. True4. Frog5. True6. False7. True8. True
Thank You
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